The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-13
LORD IDDESLEIGH.

LORD IDDEsLEIGH.
Attacked by Heart Disease, He Expires in
Lord Salisbury's Private Office.
LONDON, Jan. 12-Lord Iddesleigh is dead.
lie tainted while ascending the stairs Of Lord
Salisburys Office. in Downing street. as he was
about to visit his Lordship. He was taken into
the Prime Minister'S room and almost instantly
expired.
DIR. Mortimer Granville, Lord Iddesleighs
physician, has issued bulletin in relation to his
Lordship's death. In it he says: 'Lord Iddes-
leigh, for many years past has suffered with
cardiac affections, which, while not placing his
life in immediate peril rendered the prospect of
its sudden termination only possible. He died
Of syncope. The melancholy event. although
startling to those around him, has not been un-
foreseen by his immediate friends, and it has
been anticipated by his medical attendants"
Sir James Ferguson, Under Secretary for For
eign Affairs in an interview, said: lord Iddes-
leigh, moment before leaving the Foreign Of
flee, spoke to me very calmly about quitting Of
flee. He expressed the hope that our separation
would not be permanent Mr.. Henry NJ. Stan
Icy, the explorer, was waiting to see him about
the Emin Bey expedition, and Lord Iddesleigh
asked me to see Mr.. Stanley and make another
appointment for later in the evening. Lord Id
deslegh was looking we'll, in fact, better than
usual He conversed with me pleasantly, and
when we parted he was in good spirits"
The body of Lord Iddesleigh lies in Lord Sails
bury's roora. The Prime Minister arrived
shortly after Lord Iddesleigh was taken i'll. and
while the doctors were trying to rally him. He
is greatly affected by the death of his former
| Minister.
Mr. Manners. Lord Salisbury's private secre-
! tary says: '"The moment Lord lddes.eigh came
inside the anteroom he sank down upon chair.
I was in the next room. Hearing croans went
into the anteroom and lifted him to the sofa.
Doctors were in immediate attendance and rem
| edies were applied, but Lord Iddesleigh never
spoke. He died twenty minutes after he was
| taken i'll. His son. the Hon. Henry Stafford
| Northcote, was sent for, but did not reach his
| father until ten minutes after al was over. He
| left later, for the Pynes in Exeter, the family
seat to tell his mother of her husbands death.
The body of Lord Iddesleigh has been removed
to the family residence in ST. James Place
| There will be no inquest, the doctors certifying
that death resulted from the failure of the hearts
action.
The Queen, when informed of the death Of the
Earl of Iddesleigh, was deeply affected and i'm
mediately telesraphed TO Lady Iddesleigh and
other members of the dead lords family mes
sages Of sympathy and coincidence.
Mr. Gladstone, who has always held Lore
Iddesleigh in high personal esteem: was ais,
much shocked at receiving the news of his sud
den death. In reply to telegram asking for
1f 1oIe foo
Mrs. Gladstone wired: ''We are sorely erievet
at the death of ono so eminently respected ant
so beloved. We must reserve more particula
expression of our feelings"
Lord Iddisieigh better known to the Ameri
can peoule as Sir Stafford Northcote, was Dor,
in London, Oct 27, 1873. educated at Balo
College. Oxford, taking first-class in classic
: and third in mathematics He was called t.
t the bar at the Inner Temple in 1847 was made
c. B. (cvil division) in 1851, in recognition O
his services as one of the secretaries for the in
dustria! exhibition, and was captain in the Firs
Devon Yeomanry Cavalry, and deputy lieulen
| ant for the country. He returned mem be
for Dudley in the Conservative interest in March
1855; was unsuccessful candidate for Mort
Devon in March, 1857; returned for Stan
ford in July, 1858 and continued one of the rer
Fresentatives of that borough till May, 1866 whe
| ne was elected for North Devon Sir Staffor
Northcote, who was we'll known for the interes
| ne had taken in art and education was privat
. secretary to Mr. Gladstone when the latter wa
= president Of the Board of Trade, and was finar
! cial secretary of the treasury from January t
= = June, 1859 He WAS appointed President of tn
, Board of Trade In Lord Derby's third admin:
> tration in June, 1866, and was Secretar
: = of State for India from March
1867, till December. 1868. He WE
) elected governor of the Hudson Bay Compan
- - Jan. II, 1862 presided over the congress Of tn
9 Social Science Association held at Bristol tn
!, same year, and was appointed commissions
to INQUIRE into the law relating to friendly Socit
: ties, Nov. 2, 1870. He was member of tn
= Joint High Commission wl> Sc labors resulted
T" the Treaty of Washington in 1871 When Nj
DisraelI formed his Cabinet in February, 1877
Sir Stafford Northcote was Chancellor of ii
: Exchequer He was elected fellow of tt
Royal Society in April, 1875 He the autht
. Of 1.-The Case Of Sir Eardley Wilmot," cons
;, cred in a letter to friend, being vindicatio
of Mr.. Gladstone. who had been charged wit
recalling Sir Eardley Wilmot, Lieutenant-go
ernor of Van Dieman's Land, on account
l. rumors which had reached him touching th
g. gentlemans private character. He ali
st author of Twenty Years of Financial Policy
- passed between 1842 and 1861 with table
# budgets. He was made peer by Mr.. Gla
n stone, when he came into power after the fall
is Beaconsfeld. Last year, upon the formation
2 the Salisbury Cabinet, he made Foreis
y Minister, and went into the upper house
Is Lord lddeseigh, to make way for Churchill
n supremacy in the Commons. Under the recent 9
as ganization of the Cabinet he was dropped, al
felt very keeny the slight.